Otherwise known
as the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the universities
include: Bloomsburg,
California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana,
Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Slippery Rock,
Shippensburg, and West Chester.
EAPSU has been in existence since 1980 as an organization
dedicated to excellence in English studies, and we have prided ourselves in
being inclusive. Our conferences showcase the best in many disciplines
within “English”: writing and literature, pedagogy and film, creative and
critical.
EAPSU sponsors an annual fall conference and co-sponsors a spring
conference for undergraduate English majors. Three years ago the EAPSU
Executive Committee voted to establish a peer-reviewed online journal,
to supplement our conference and its Proceedings. We wanted to continue
our practice of allowing just about anyone to present and participate in
the conference; however, we also wanted a more competitive,
higher-quality venue for scholarly and creative work.
EAPSU ONLINE has helped us to accomplish this goal. We have received
manuscripts from all over the world and believe that we are able to
publish a variety of material that might not have an audience without
us. Each submission goes through a blind review process and is sent to
two readers initially for input; marginal essays or works are asked to
resubmit with revision. So far, in the three years of our publication,
we have published approximately 1/3 of the articles, stories, and poems
sent to us. As we grow, we will surely become even more competitive.
